The annual Engineering Fair is slated for Tuesday, which organizers say is an attempt to expose undergraduate students to the work field and assist soon-to-be graduates get jobs in the engineering, computer science and industrial technology fields.

University Career Services and the College of Engineering are bringing representatives from more than 30 companies to campus for an event that is open to all students.

Organizers say firms are interested in those trained as civil, mechanical, electrical and industrial engineers. Agencies may also recruit computer science experts and electrical and industrial technologists. A few of the companies scheduled to attend are Deere & Co., Caterpillar, Motorola, and Pepsi Cola Bottling.

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Judy Eaton, career services specialist for University Career Services, said the fair is a combination of assisting graduates in finding jobs and exposing undergraduates to the interviewing and resume-exchanging process.

Companies are coming to let students know who they are, Eaton said. Some companies are looking for interns, and some are just getting their names in front of the students.

Eaton encourages students to come prepared for the fair in case companies show immediate interest in them.

It’s an opportunity for students to come prepared, be professionally dressed and ready to present a resume, she said. Some companies are staying the next day for interviews.

FACTOID:The fair is free and is Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Ballroom D of the Student Center.